Contents tagged with crimea
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Media: People from Putin’s circle have seized Yanuckovych’s estate in Crimea
Possession of the villa of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych at Cape Aya in the Crimea was transferred to the Bereg Company, associated with Gennady Timchenko, Nikolay Shamalov, Sergey Rudnov and Sergey Roldugin: all friends of Russian President Vladimir Putin, as reported by the Municipal Scanner volunteer project which reports on corruption in Russia .
The former recreational resort at Cape Aya was privatized by the Yanukovych family in 2007 at the same time as Mezhyhirya. After …
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Kyiv: Construction of Kerch Strait Bridge threatens national security of Ukraine
The construction of a bridge between Russia and the annexed Crimea poses a threat to Ukraine’s national security, as it may lead to a reduction in trade in Ukrainian ports in the Sea of Azov due to restrictions on navigation in the region, as announced in statement released by the public research organization Center for Army, Conversion, and Disarmament Studies (CACDS).
“More recently, statements were made by the political leadership of the Russian Federation, as well as representatives of …
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Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany calls on German politicians to avoid ‘freezing the issue of Crimea’
During an interview with German newspaper Kieler Nachrichten, the Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany, Andriy Melnyk, reminded the leadership of the Free Democratic Party of Germany that the "freezing" of the issue of the annexation of the Crimea would mean the de facto lifting of economic sanctions on Russia, and called on politicians to adhere to "strategic patience", as reported by Ukrainian Diplomat Svitlana Melnyk on Facebook on August 28th.
According to Ambassador Melnyk, Ukraine "will never …
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Russia fires cruise missile in Crimea
During a Russian military drill in annexed Crimean territory, a cruise missile was fired from an Utyos coastline stationary missile system, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
The missile was fired as part of a routine tactical exercise for a group of mixed strike forces from the Black Sea Fleet.
“During the anti-ship missile’s final stage of flight, a Su-30SM multipurpose fighter from the naval aircraft fleet intercepted the airborne target and destroyed it using an aerial guided …
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Russia conducts snap readiness check of its air force and air defense in Crimea
Yesterday the air force and air defense of Russia’s Southern Military District were brought to complete combat readiness during an inspection, announced Vadim Astafyev, head spokesperson for the Southern Military District, as reported by RIA Novosti Crimea.
“With the military alarm signal, the personnel of the aviation compound and the combat units were alerted, as well as the anti-air defense forces located in the Rostov and Volgograd provinces, Krasnodar and Stavropol Krai, the Republic of …
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Freight ship delivering raw materials to Crimea broke in half in Bosphorus
On August 27, 2017, at the entrance to the Bosphorus Strait, the Turkish dry cargo ship Leonardo broke in half, reported BSNews. The Leonardo was frequently used to transport ilmenite (titanium-iron oxide mineral) for the Titan plant in the Crimea, via the Kamysh-Burun port in Kerch.
The vessel was sailing without cargo from Rostov-on-Don to the Turkish port of Tuzla. It was returning from a delivery on August 8, 2017, when it carried another 3000 tons of ilmenite ore from the Turkish port of …
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Russia begins installation of railway arch on Kerch Bridge
The builders of the Kerch Bridge that will connect Russia with the Crimea have begun the first stage of the project to transport and install a railway arch weighing more than six thousand tons in the Kerch Strait, as reported by RIA Novosti.
It was noted that the day before, the builders had prepared the arch and loaded it on floating platforms.
"Early in the morning the process of transporting the arch to the bridge began. The arch will be transported five kilometers from the shore and more …
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To cover the debt of his Crimean plant, Ukrainian fugitive oligarch Firtash will hand over recreational resort to Crimean authorities
Volna recreational resort that belongs to Ukrainian fugitive oligarch Dmytro Firtash will become the property of the Kremlin-controlled authorities of the Crimea in exchange for writing off the debt of the Crimean Titan plant owned by businessman, RBC news agency reports citing its sources. Volna is located on the Bakalska sandbar of the peninsula, where a youth forum Tavrida is held, which is overseen by the internal political block of the Kremlin. The recreational resort is rented by the …
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Siemens continues collaboration with Russian companies
Siemens is fulfilling all its obligations to the Russian energy holding company Inter RAO, there are no problems with the supply or servicing of equipment, said Inter RAO chairman Boris Kovalchuk, as reported by the Russian news outlet Prime. “There are no problems with either the equipment supply or the servicing of our equipment by our German partners, all obligations are being fulfilled,” Kovalchuk responded when asked whether Siemens had warned Inter RAO of difficulties in further work.
On …
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Crimean authorities report shortage of cement on the peninsula
The Kremlin-controlled Minister of Construction and Architecture of the Crimea, Sergei Kononov, stated that there is a shortage of cement in the construction warehouses of the peninsula because of the queues at the Kerch ferry crossing, as reported by Kryminform news agency.
"Unfortunately, there was a queue for ferries coming from Kerch, of which there were more than 200 railway cars carrying cement. Novorossiysk cement, which as a rule, is transported from there, was not able enter the …